England S/MIME Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited S/MIME over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME)
Location England London UK	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	578	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	1	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.011 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£135	-
Average daily rate	£135	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£135	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Communications & Networking England
Matching contract IT job ads	9495	12982
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	12.83 %	12.80 %
Daily rates quoted	2801	3479
Average minimum daily rate	£342	£355
Average daily rate	£363	£372
% change on same period last year	-2.45 %
Average maximum daily rate	£384	£389
UK excluding London average daily rate	£346	£341
% change on same period last year	+1.49 %
Hourly rates quoted	1179	1684
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.02	£26.35
Average hourly rate	£25.61	£28.36
% change on same period last year	-9.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.20	£30.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.70	£28.54
% change on same period last year	-9.93 %
S/MIME UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

S/MIME
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing S/MIME across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

S/MIME
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing S/MIME across the England region.

S/MIME
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing S/MIME across the England region.

S/MIME
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing S/MIME within the England region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
London	-	1	£135	-

S/MIME UK

S/MIME
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing S/MIME also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited S/MIME.

1 3 (100.00 %) Windows 1 3 (100.00 %) Windows Server 2003 2 2 (66.67 %) Active Directory 2 2 (66.67 %) ITIL 2 2 (66.67 %) Lotus 2 2 (66.67 %) Lotus Notes 2 2 (66.67 %) Lotus Domino 2 2 (66.67 %) SMTP 2 2 (66.67 %) TCP/IP 2 2 (66.67 %) DNS 3 1 (33.33 %) Windows 2000 Server 3 1 (33.33 %) PKI 3 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft 3 1 (33.33 %) WLAN 3 1 (33.33 %) Windows 2000

3 1 (33.33 %) ITIL Certification 3 1 (33.33 %) Service Management

S/MIME
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing S/MIME also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited S/MIME. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 2 (66.67 %) Lotus Notes 1 2 (66.67 %) Lotus Domino	Communications & Networking 1 2 (66.67 %) SMTP 1 2 (66.67 %) TCP/IP 1 2 (66.67 %) DNS 2 1 (33.33 %) WLAN
Job Titles 1 2 (66.67 %) Administrator 1 2 (66.67 %) Lotus Notes Administrator 1 2 (66.67 %) Domino Administrator 2 1 (33.33 %) Consultant 2 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 1 (33.33 %) PKI
Operating Systems 1 3 (100.00 %) Windows 1 3 (100.00 %) Windows Server 2003 2 1 (33.33 %) Windows 2000 Server 2 1 (33.33 %) Windows 2000	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (66.67 %) ITIL 2 1 (33.33 %) Service Management
Qualifications 1 1 (33.33 %) ITIL Certification	System Software 1 2 (66.67 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 2 (66.67 %) Lotus 2 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft